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With topics as far-ranging as video games, urban design, refugees and the Franklin Expedition, graduate students from across the Faculty of Arts enthralled the audience at the Three Minute Thesis competition, held on Feb. 8 and 9. The departments of English Language and Literature, Psychology, Religious Studies, Germanic and Slavic Studies, History, Philosophy, Anthropology and the Balsillie School of International Affairs were all represented.

Students who worked as a team in a Global Business and Digital Arts course last year can now see their research and design efforts live and used everyday by the public.

The lessons of history present a critical opportunity to save us from ourselves, says Timothy Snyder, Housum Professor of History at Yale University.

How can technology help stressed parents quickly find their lost child in a crowded park? And how do you design an app for that in just a few hours? Filip Jadczak, a fourth-year Global Business and Digital Arts student tackled that challenge and won the top $5,000 prize in Communitech’s Design to Win competition.

Psychology doctoral candidate Robin Mazumder examines how urban areas affect our physical and mental health.

The Balsillie School's Turbulent Present, Uncertain Future maps global trends and recommendations for adaptive foreign policy.

Just as Donald Trump, a climate change denier, was elected the next US president, ��ݮ��Ƶ student Masroora Haque was in Marrakech for COP22 - the – joining negotiations on action plans for the Paris Agreement.

“The most important thing was the solidarity among the people there,” says Masroora, an MA candidate in Global Governance who travelled to Morocco along with four other students and two professors representing the University of ��ݮ��Ƶ at COP22.

“We need to create communities where we’re all helping each other,” says Arts alumnus Michael Robson. Last June, he put that statement into action by starting an award for undergraduates at the University of ��ݮ��Ƶ. He pledged $10,000 of his own money over five years to build the Collective Movement Award, which supports students involved in the African, Caribbean or black communities.

How should citizens engage with technological innovation? Professor Heather Douglas is dedicated to helping the public, scientists and policy makers work together for innovation that serves society.

A Department of Economics team, mentored by Professor Jean-Paul Lam, is among five finalists for the Bank of Canada’s Governor’s Challenge.